Bill Text: TX SCR12 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to provide for a balanced federal budget except during a time of national emergency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-18 - Referred to State Affairs [SCR12 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SCR12-Introduced.html
84R7794 RMA-D | ||
By: Burton | S.C.R. No. 12 |
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WHEREAS, Year after year, the federal government has failed | ||
to make fiscally responsible choices, and Washington must now take | ||
aggressive steps to address our national deficit; and | ||
WHEREAS, The United States Congress routinely passes budgets | ||
leading the government to spend more than it receives in revenue; in | ||
order to finance the resulting budget deficit, the U.S. Treasury | ||
must sell bonds and the government must pay interest on those bonds; | ||
this cycle of deficit spending leaves less money for new programs or | ||
tax cuts, and it could prove detrimental to the future stability of | ||
our country; and | ||
WHEREAS, United States indebtedness to governments of | ||
foreign nations continues to rise; costly federal programs that are | ||
essentially unfunded or underfunded mandates to states threaten the | ||
ability of state and local governments to continue to balance their | ||
budgets; moreover, future generations of Americans inevitably face | ||
increased taxation and a weakened economy as a direct result of the | ||
bloated debt; and | ||
WHEREAS, A federal balanced budget amendment will ensure that | ||
Congress uses taxpayer dollars wisely, and it is vital that we take | ||
this step to avert fiscal calamity and eliminate future deficits; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to | ||
propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to | ||
the United States Constitution requiring that, except during a time | ||
of national emergency, the total of all federal appropriations made | ||
by Congress for any fiscal year not exceed the total of all | ||
estimated federal revenue for that fiscal year, together with any | ||
related and appropriate fiscal restraints; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official | ||
copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to | ||
the president of the Senate and speaker of the House of | ||
Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the | ||
members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that | ||
this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a | ||
memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |